Laugh or scram

Rating: 1/10 (27 October 2003)

I'm surprised this movie has such a respectable IMDB score (7 or something like that), because it is actually A_VERY_BAD_MOVIE(TM).
I kinda had some good time watching it, but for the wrong reasons: me and my friend could not stop laughing :'-D
There's no way to spoil the movie any more, but *SPOILERS AHEAD*!
I mean, even from the start the whole thing goes downward. It opens with a chimp who is been "tortured" by watching like 8 television sets portraying human crowds on strike. As if the thing was scary or something (?). Think cheap "Clockwork Orange for Monkeys" and you are there.
Then some ecologist jerks go and free the monkeys-- to end their endless TV suffering I presume. But, regrettably, one of them (of the monkeys) seems to be infected with a virus or something and transmits it to the jerks. The virus makes you go nuts and byte everyone around, be they people, monkeys or whatever.
The infection process takes like 1 second (?) and when you get it you are displayed on screen as if you were being recorded with a fast-shutter camera (like in "Saving Private Ryan"). I keep wondering if that is supposed to be scary or is it just that they bought the camera and had to use it to justify the purchase :-)
Anyway, if you don't find that stupid opening scene funny enough, wait until the main character opens his mouth. He is such a lame actor you won't believe he got to play the main part. Its performance is even more ridiculous if you happen to see the dubbed Spanish version of the movie, in which the voice of this guy sounds as if he is retarded. I can't believe this wasn't done on purpose =:'-D
Well, then there are lots of stupid situations, but I won't bother commenting on them. Just your average standard-substandard "scary" moments and those oh-no-don't-do-that "thrilling" set-ups.
So, in summary, if you enjoy cheap b-movies and have nothing better to do, you can give it a try and have some bored laughs.